The trio of salsas includes one with tomatillos and peanuts, center; five chiles with five peppers and pork rinds, left, and burnt pepper skin, right.

The trio of salsas includes one with tomatillos and peanuts,...

On the night between All Saints Day and All Souls Day, the entrance to Cuchara restaurant in Montrose was flanked by life-size skeletons of papier-mâché. They were dressed in party clothes: a rose-covered headdress on one; a frilly white picture hat and ruffled purple gown on the other. It was impossible to pass between them without thinking, "This is going to be fun."

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